pets

This Sleek Briefcase Hides An Easy To Clean Portable Pet Potty

In what will surely lead to some wacky mixups at the office, Modko’s upcoming Shake looks like a stark white briefcase, though it’s actually a portable place for your pet to potty. But before you get completely disgusted, it seems like the folks at Modko have thought this one out.


Solar-Powered Cat Toy Taunts Your Feline Forever

If you’d rather your cats weren’t shredding the furniture to pieces while you’re away at work all day, you need a steady source of distraction to keep them occupied. And as long as you’ve got at least one window in your home, this solar-powered cat toy will keep them entertained and out of trouble. Mostly.


This Tether Only Makes Your Dog Think She’s Roaming Free

Your dog just wants to be free. But also? She totally can’t be trusted. So the SUREswivel — an anchored leash that lets her wander around safely — is a good compromise for the two of you.


LG Says 14% Of People Let Pets Watch TV While They Aren’t Home

We’re at LG’s smart TV launch for 2013, and amidst all the LED, UHD and curved OLED goodness we’re likely to bring you later on was a strange statistic: 14 per cent of TV owners leave their TV on when they leave for their pets.


How A Top Training Facility Turns Rescued Dogs Into Rescue Dogs

Search and Rescue (SAR) dogs have a very important job. Natural disaster? Fertiliser plant explosion? They’re on the case. Before they became the canine equivalent of US Navy SEALs, many of them were unwanted and unloved. Until they went through training at the National Disaster Search Dog Foundation (SDF), one of the most elite programs in the country.


Man’s Best Friend Gets Its Own Action Cam Mount, Courtesy Of Sony

Thanks to Sony, YouTube is soon to be flooded with countless first-person videos of dog butts and fire hydrants. The company is releasing a dog-mount for its Action Cam, starting in Japan.


This Tennis Ball Bazooka Is A Weapon Of Mass Exhaustion

As far as pets go, dogs are some of the most playful companions you can find. But there’s an added bonus to that game of fetch. It helps tire them out so back home you don’t have to deal with a hyper ball of fur. And with Hyper Pet’s K-9 Kannon in your arsenal, a game of fetch won’t leave you wiped out as well.


Lost Cat: A True Story Of Love, Desperation And GPS Technology

Caroline Paul and her partner, the illustrator (and friend of Gizmodo) Wendy MacNaughton, were devastated when their beloved tabby cat Tibia disappeared from their San Francisco home. It was utterly out of character for the timid Tibby to venture far, especially for over a month’s time.


Guy Tries To Buy Toy Poodles, Gets Fluffy, Steroid-Pumped Ferrets Instead

Man’s best friend doesn’t come cheap these days, so you can imagine how excited a retired Argentinian man was to find double the companionship at a fraction of the cost: two adorable toy poodles — just itching to snuggle, crawl and slobber all over you — for a mere $150. And, by toy poodles, of course, we’re referring to preened, fluffed and steroid-pumped “rats”.


I Can’t Stop Looking At This Puppy Spinning In A Bowl

You might as well just call it a day now. Look at this baby puppy spinning in a puppy-sized bowl. It’s the very first GIF created by renowned dog photographer William Wegman, best known for his pictures of Weimaraners in various costumes and poses.


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